CVC Capital Partners plc (CVC.AS) is a leading global private markets investment manager that provides management and advisory services to funds focused on private equity, secondaries, credit and infrastructure; its private equity platform comprises Europe/Americas, Asia, Strategic Opportunities and Catalyst strategies managing €116 billion in assets, the Secondaries business manages €17 billion, Credit €49 billion, and Infrastructure €19 billion, with total fee-paying assets under management of approximately €142 billion as of September 2025 across a network of 30 offices in EMEA, Asia and the Americas. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Jersey with key operational presence including New York, the firm targets sectors such as consumer and retail, technology, healthcare, financial services, industrials, business services, media, gaming, energy, transport, utilities and communications infrastructure for middle-market buyouts, growth equity, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, secondaries transactions, direct lending, CLOs and core-plus infrastructure investments serving institutional, insurance and private wealth clients worldwide. Recent developments include the final close of European Direct Lending IV at €10.4 billion exceeding its €6 billion target, oversubscription of Secondaries Opportunities Fund VI at $7.1 billion with a larger final close expected in 2026, activation of DIF Infrastructure VIII and Catalyst III funds, launch of a dedicated global Credit Secondaries platform and plans for Infrastructure Secondaries in 2026, agreement to acquire Smiths Detection for £2 billion expected to close in the second half of 2026 through CVC Capital Partners IX, record realizations of €17.6 billion in the last twelve months to September 2025 at 3.2x MOIC and 25% IRR, and appointment of Catherine Keating as Non-Executive Director effective January 2026 to support growth in private wealth and insurance channels.